Hernia



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH DANFORTH, OF MIDDLETOIVN, CONNECTICUT.

HERNIAL TRUSS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,555, dated April 12, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosiAI-r DAvroRTr-r, of ls/Iiddletown. in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut. have invented a l the motion of the body while the pads B B 3 retain their place, the springs t l are so shaped as to give the pads B B an upward new and Improved Truss for Hernia; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ot reference marked thereon.

The iigure is a perspective representation of my truss with letters of reference marked thereon. A

My invention consists in the forming of two springs t 4C so as to tit around the body below the hips which are joined together by screw or rivet at 2 and may be turned on the joint at 2.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I lnake two springs Je el which axreishaped so as to tit the body when fastened ltogether f by the screw or rivet at this being` the iront, the springs L -l below the screw Q, are

bent in a curve downward and at the end ot the springs I attach pads o o the holes at c o are made so as to change the pads B B when required in'iitting the B by screw itself.

| l, l l l l support without injury to the spine, the pads B B are so shaped as to tthe rupture and by means of the joint at 2 they can be adj usted with ease, the springs will conform to iii-'ting pressure which is a great advantage claimed another great advantage obtained is of having two pads attached when there is but one rupture by giving support to the opposite side and preventing it from being ruptured which is caused many times by a single pad truss.

Having thus fully described my invention I do not claim the crossing of the springs 4E 4f; but

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The uniting by a screw or rivet the two springs le 4 at a given point 2 from the end of each with pads attached, which can be adjusted to the body without any additional spring, and thereby making the arrangement and combination of the two springs 4 et with their respective pads a truss of JO SIAH DANFORTH.

Iitnesses JONATHAN BARNES, ELI MARTIN. 

